Hair drying apparatus



Nov. 8, 1932. G, QONDQS 1,887,233

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Filed May s1', 195o 2 sheets-sheet 1 W WZ' NOV. 8, 1932. G, CONDQS1,887,233

HAIR .DRYING APPARATUS Filed May 51, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Nov.8, 1932 UNITED .STATES GUS CONDOS, F GHICAGG, ILLINOIS HAIR DRYINGAPPARATUS Application :tiled May 31, 1930. Serial No. 458,046.

This invention relates to hair-drying apparatus of the kind in which ahelmet-shaped member is provided for receiving the head of the personwhose hair is being dried, means being provided for blowing air,preferably heated air, through the helmet against the head of saidperson.

Generally stated, the object of the invention is to provide a novel andimproved construction and arrangement whereby the electric heatingelement and the damper for controlling the air, and the saidhelmet-shaped member, are combined and organized in a structural unitwhich is adjustable up and down, to suit the convenience of the personwhose hair is being dried and the operator who is doing the work.

It is also'an object to provide certain details and features ofconstruction and combinations tendino to increase the general eiliciencyand the desirability of a hair-drying apparatus of this particularcharacter.

-To the foregoing and other useful ends, the invention consists inmatters hereinafter set forth and claimed and shown in the accompan ingdrawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a vertical section of a hair-dryingapparatus embodying the principles of the invention; v

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the upper portion of said apparatus;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section of a portion of said apparatus; l

Fig. 4 is a transverse section on line 4 4 in Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a similar section on line 5--5 in s thus illustrated, theinvention comprises a helmet 1 having the inner wall thereof providedwith discharge openings 2 for discharging the heated air against thehair of the person who is being operated upon. The helmet has a tubularshank portion 3 rigid therewith, and this shank portion is rigidlysecured tothe upper end portion of a vertical tube 4, removably, asshown. Said tube slides up and down in the vertical standard or support5, the latter being provided with a set screw 6 for holding the tube inposition, after being adjusted up or down. A

cushioning spring 7'is provided in the standard 5, as shown in Fig. 1 ofthe drawings, to cushion the downward movement of the tube 4, when it isdesired to lower the helmet into position yover the head of the personwhose hair is being dried.

An electric heating element 8 is provided in the tube4, and this tubealso contains the damper 9, which is pivoted at 10 on the bracket 11,thereby to control the flow of. air upwardly in said tube. Said damperisopcrated by a lever 12 through the medium of a link 13 pivoted at 14on an arm 15, rigid with the damper. Said lever 12 has a portion 16 thatworks in a slot 17 in the tube 4, whereby when the tubeis moveddownward, the portion 16 will strike the upper end of the standard 5andthereby cause the damper 9 to be opened. In addition, the lever 12 isconnected by a link 18 with the lever 19', which is subject'to thepressure of a spring 20 that tends normally to hold the parts in thepositions shown in full lines in Fig. 3 of the drawings. In this way,when the tube 4 is raised, the spring 20 causes they portion .5 16 tomove outwardly in the slide 17, thereby again closing the damper 9, in amanner that will be readily understood. Furthermore, the electricconductors 21 for the heating element 8, and for the signal light 22,extend to 80 a switch 23 that is also automatically operated by thelever 19. This switch may be of any suitable or well known character,and does not need any further explanation.

Preferably, the electric current is supplied from any suitable source bythe conductors 24 leading to the'side of the shank 3, as shown.

The air can be supplied in any suitable or desired manner, as by aconduit 25 below the 90 floor, suitably connected with the lower end ofthe hollow standard 5, as' shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. In this way,the air will be blown up through the spring 7 and through the tube 4 andthe shank 3 into the space @it between the inner and outer walls of thehelmet 1, and then discharged through the openings 2 in themannerstated. wif/Vith the foregoing construction. and arrangement, thehelmet 1, the heating element 8, and the damper 9, are combined in aunitary structure,.the structural unit being adjustable up and down, asstated. The electrical connections are all carried by this unit, andthere are no such connections in the hollow standard, and hence the saidunit Ican be lifted out of the standard, when desired, Without breakingany connections. It will be understood, of course, that the electricalconductors 24 may lead to an ordinary plug for insertion in any ordinaryelectric outlet.

When the helmet unit is raised, the electric current is automaticallyshut off, and the damper is closed. Thereafter, when a person is inposition to be treated or operated upon b the apparatus, the helmet unitis lowere and this will automatically turn the current on for theelement 8 and the lamp 22,

and will automatically open the damperv 9,

as previously explained.

What I claim as my invention is:

l. In hair-drying apparatus, the combination of an air discharge helmetshaped to receive the head of the person whose hair is being dried, avertical air tube supporting at its upper end said helmet, a hollowstandard supporting said tube, a damper in said tube, an electricheating element in said tube ticallyand switch means operatedautomatically y the up and down movement of the helmet, thereby toautomatically open and close the circuit of said heating means.

Specification signed this 28th,day of May, 1930.

GUS CONDOS.

between said damper and said helmet, and

means whereby said helmet and tube and said damper and heating elementtherein are movable up and down as a unit on said standard, having aswitch for controlling the supply of current to said heating element,and means operated by up and down adjustment of said tube which servesautomatically to open and close said switch.

2. In hair-drying apparatus, the combination of an air discharge helmetshaped to receive the head of the person whose hair is being dried, avertical air tube supporting at its upper end said helmet, a hollowstandard supporting said tube, a damper in said tube, an electircheating element in said tube, between said damper and said helmet, andmeans whereby said helmet and tube and said damper and heating elementtherein are mov able up and down as a unit on said standard, havlng aswitch for controlling the supply of current to said heating element,and means operated by up and down adjustment of said tube which servesautomatically to open and close said switch, and to close and open saiddamper. `3. In hair-drying apparatus, the combination of an airdischarge helmet shaped to receive the head of the person whose hair isbedried, a vertical air tube supporting at its upper end said helmet, ahollow standard supporting said tube a damper in said tube, an electricheating element in said tube, between sald damper and said helmet, andmeans whereby said helmet and tube and said damper and heating elementtherein are movable up and down as a unit on said stand-

